“THE GRAND CANYON” Attributed to Dewitt PARSHALL. American, 1864-1956. Oil on Canvas laid down on Masonite. Dimensions: Subject Size: 22.5” H x 29” W. Overall Size: 26.75” H x 33.25” W. FRAMED. Unsigned. Dewitt Parshall has been called “one of the foremost American painters if the 20th Century.” He was a tonalist painter and painted from memory which added a romantic and emotional feel to his works. The breakthrough of his career happened when the Southern Pacific Railroad sponsored the first in a series of trips to paint the Grand Canyon. And it was the Grand Canyon paintings that held him in such high regard that Parshall became known is some go the artistic circles as the “outstanding artist of this natural wonder.”

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